Seems like asking people in a poll if they have health insurance is an oddly tangential way of just getting at the same numbers HHS releases. They have released the number of enrollees and the age breakdowns; what more does this poll add?

Lucky you- my company family plan went from 250.00 to 1450.00 Payments dropped $2 a pay period so I'm supposed to get the word out there about how much this is saving me. As long as I don't get sick, this is like getting a .025/hr raise.

clowncar on fire:Lucky you- my company family plan went from 250.00 to 1450.00 Payments dropped $2 a pay period so I'm supposed to get the word out there about how much this is saving me. As long as I don't get sick, this is like getting a .025/hr raise.

Dude, read between the lines. I'm below the poverty level. You should count your blessings.

whidbey:clowncar on fire: Lucky you- my company family plan went from 250.00 to 1450.00 Payments dropped $2 a pay period so I'm supposed to get the word out there about how much this is saving me. As long as I don't get sick, this is like getting a .025/hr raise.

Dude, read between the lines. I'm below the poverty level. You should count your blessings.

-It's sad when you work at a hospital and they can't find a way to provide their own employees reduced healthcare :( My kid gets a better discount working at Hollister.

That's the nice thing about strangers- you don't even feel the need to prove a thing to them. But if you feel that strong about the issue- gis Hollister employee benefits or some such. As to the increase in my deductible, I'm probably not the first to make this claim and probably won't be the last. I don't have the means (one of the last humans on earth to not own a scanner) nor the ambition to back up my claim as it really wouldn't matter to you anyhow.

clowncar on fire:Lucky you- my company family plan went from 250.00 to 1450.00 Payments dropped $2 a pay period so I'm supposed to get the word out there about how much this is saving me. As long as I don't get sick, this is like getting a .025/hr raise.

I was browsing through the FL ACA plans on healthcare.gov and the difference between the Bronze plan (with a high deductible and almost everything coming out of pocket up to it) and the Platinum plan (with a reasonable deductible and low or $0 copays on almost everything so the deductible wouldn't really come into play anyway) is only $100/month. The overall cost for the Bronze was a little higher than I'd like it to be, but for as cheap as it was to move to the Platinum where the coverage is great, it seems like a no-brainer.

Of course, in the end it turned out I didn't need to deal with it anyway since I switched employers and the new one has a kickass health plan that's less than the exchange bronze (after employer contribution) but overall I was impressed with the options on the exchange.

That's the nice thing about strangers- you don't even feel the need to prove a thing to them. But if you feel that strong about the issue- gis Hollister employee benefits or some such. As to the increase in my deductible, I'm probably not the first to make this claim and probably won't be the last. I don't have the means (one of the last humans on earth to not own a scanner) nor the ambition to back up my claim as it really wouldn't matter to you anyhow.

clowncar on fire:whidbey: clowncar on fire: Lucky you- my company family plan went from 250.00 to 1450.00 Payments dropped $2 a pay period so I'm supposed to get the word out there about how much this is saving me. As long as I don't get sick, this is like getting a .025/hr raise.

Dude, read between the lines. I'm below the poverty level. You should count your blessings.

-It's sad when you work at a hospital and they can't find a way to provide their own employees reduced healthcare :( My kid gets a better discount working at Hollister.

Be thankful your kid works corporate.

I'm 30 and I've never even sniffed a check-up since I was 17.

Lord knows how many innocent girls in high-school and college I might have pumped full of AIDS or some other STD.

That's the nice thing about strangers- you don't even feel the need to prove a thing to them. But if you feel that strong about the issue- gis Hollister employee benefits or some such. As to the increase in my deductible, I'm probably not the first to make this claim and probably won't be the last. I don't have the means (one of the last humans on earth to not own a scanner) nor the ambition to back up my claim as it really wouldn't matter to you anyhow.

Yeah but you're on Trollwatch. Big difference.

Being a conservative on a progressive leaning site will earn you that title. Due to the limited population of conservative posters, I tend to post a little more often then I should just to pick up the slack.

That's the nice thing about strangers- you don't even feel the need to prove a thing to them. But if you feel that strong about the issue- gis Hollister employee benefits or some such. As to the increase in my deductible, I'm probably not the first to make this claim and probably won't be the last. I don't have the means (one of the last humans on earth to not own a scanner) nor the ambition to back up my claim as it really wouldn't matter to you anyhow.

Yeah but you're on Trollwatch. Big difference.

I peeked at your profile- seem to be quite the bike fan. Just curious into the nature of cyclists: Did you pick up riding the bike on your own or get help from parents or friends? Working on a theory.

I'm on the "This doesn't affect me directly because I have insurance through my employer, but because I'm capable of feeling empathy for my fellow man I'm glad that the uninsured will now be able to afford insurance" side.

I'm on the, "I'm gainfully employed and have a nice insurance plan, but I recognize there are many other human beings out there who are not as fortunate and having seen other people suffer unnecessarily due to how things were before, I could never in good conscience attempt to revert the law back to how it was previously without feeling like a monster. I don't care if my paycheck is lighter, if my taxes are heavier, or if I end up sending my grandmother to a death panel, other human beings are suffering and I want to see it stopped." line of things.

you make 90k a year and you dont have health insurance ?god I hope you get hit by a car, catch the plague and break multiple bones

no really, if you are that foolish, you need to suffer

This doesn't apply to me, but this is silly and needlessly cruel in nature. If you honestly feel that way you need a break from the Internet to regain your humanity. 90 thousand a year isn't billions or even millions of dollars, and in fact, it's jack shiat to many people who are decent, work hard and are responsible and are not buying new cars every year and so forth.

Get some humanity. Your opinion of a person without insurance can be anything, but it's stupid of you to assume the circumstances of others, e.i, that they make 90K a year means they can pay insurance.

Maybe they have their money earmarked already to help their elderly grandmother, father, or mother?

you make 90k a year and you dont have health insurance ?god I hope you get hit by a car, catch the plague and break multiple bones

no really, if you are that foolish, you need to suffer

This doesn't apply to me, but this is silly and needlessly cruel in nature. If you honestly feel that way you need a break from the Internet to regain your humanity. 90 thousand a year isn't billions or even millions of dollars, and in fact, it's jack shiat to many people who are decent, work hard and are responsible and are not buying new cars every year and so forth.

Get some humanity. Your opinion of a person without insurance can be anything, but it's stupid of you to assume the circumstances of others, e.i, that they make 90K a year means they can pay insurance.

Maybe they have their money earmarked already to help their elderly grandmother, father, or mother?

Don't be such a prick.

Nobody has enough money to not have health insurance unless they can't get it, or are stupid beyond belief.

There's just no excuse to not have some kind of health insurance unless you can't get it or are stupid beyond belief.

And I say this as someone who has been turned down for insurance for the past 20+ years except when I have employee insurance, and I've been dancing in the streets since Jan 1, 2014 rolled around. At this point, I don't even care how much I have to pay

If you could afford insurance and choose not to, then you're stupid beyond belief, and I refuse to listen to any other excuse you might have, except rank stupidity. Try living in terror of hospitalization, car accidents or catastrophic illness for a couple of decades, and then come tell me how much money you need for your aged parents and how much good you'll be able to do them when you're crippled or dead.